Lynn Township Board of Supervisor’s meeting held April 9 in the township building began with the board discussing two subdivision topics.

The first was regarding Bryan Gibson’s proposed two lot subdivision at 8382 Holbens Valley Road in New Tripoli.

Lot one will be 0.9744 acres and the second lot will be 3.7707A acres.

Final approval was given to the subdivision pending additional information before sign off.

The second topic covered by the board was in relation to the Madison Village at Penn’s View development in New Tripoli.

The board approved the developer’s request for a Letter of Credit reduction, which was approved based upon a detailed recommendation provided by Lynn Township’s engineer, Karl Scherzberg.

The board also discussed the township certificate of deposits.

Of the three CDs discussed, they decided to allow one in the amount of $30,000 to mature (on April 14) at deposit in the township’s General Fund to cover operating expenses.

The two others they will renew upon maturation.

Both of these two mature in early May and are in the amount of $50,000 each.

The CDs earn a rate of return of 3.25%.

Also discussed was the Veterans Memorial Certificate Deposit (CD) which since the fund’s inception has been handled by the township.

Once this fund matures in December 2026, Fritz Najarian, vice chairman, board of supervisors, suggested that the organization in charge of the fund apply to become a nonprofit organization and handle these funds since these are not Lynn Township funds. The board seemed to be in agreement and a request will be made to the organization to remove funds from township oversight once the CD matures.

Upon completion of the proper legal processes, Resolution 2026-14 was unanimously adopted thus approving the addition of Keith Harwick’s 13.758 acre property located at 9197 Kistler Valley Road into the existing Lynn Township Agricultural Security Area.

The Northwestern Recreation area parking lot will be newly paved this summer.

As of the meeting, all four townships that comprise the Northwestern Lehigh School District will split the cost of materials for the project.

While three townships, Heidelberg, Weisenberg and Lynn townships have committed to contributing the labor to execute the job.

At the meeting, the historical society has reported that 90% of the funds required to erect their new building at Ontelaunee Park has been secured.

The township must amend the current lease with the historical society to include the new site which will be located near the upper pavilion.

Large trees located on the site will removed at the expense of the historical society.

The historical society also requested the use of Lynn Township trucks and labor for hauling materials for the construction.

Construction is planned to commence in early August with the earliest projected work time to be four to six weeks.

The historical society has stated in the past that they plan to use the building to house their collection as well as to hold meetings.

The board agreed to allow the township’s Bird Town organization to meet at the township building.

They will meet every other month before the EAC meeting at 5:30 p.m.

Please reach out if you are interested in volunteering with Lynn Township Bird Town. You do not have to be a township resident.

Bird Town signs were reported stolen.

It turns out, PennDOT removed these signs but did not inform the township as is customary.

Bird Town members are working to recover the signs and have received donations of six additional signs to be placed at the ingress of the township upon state approval.

Bird Town volunteers will begin cleaning out brush within the woods of Bird Town area of Ontelaunee Park and plant native species.

This work will make the stream more accessible.

The EAC reported that Bird Town volunteers met with Stefan Karkuff, avian recovery biologist, Wildlife Recovery Division of Pennsylvania Game Commission and Bureau of Wildlife Management who oversees the Cavity Nesting Bird Initiative program that grants purple martin houses to municipalities.

Karkuff selected two possible sites within the park for purple martin houses as the birds are selective about nesting locations.

However, neither sites were agreeable to the board and suggested a site to the rear of the park and advised the Bird Town group to work with the parks department in the selection of a new site.

The board also advised that the responsibility of placing and removing the houses would fall onto the EAC to which they agreed.

CORRECTION from the March Board of Supervisors Report: Last month, the board was asked to approve two waivers to the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance requirements for the The View of the Blue/Peter Knight subdivision located at 7570 Route 309 in New Tripoli.

These requirements regulate land division, site design, and public improvements to ensure safe, orderly development. The waivers were approved.

Before the recent sale to View of the Blue, this one parcel was zoned both agricultural and commercial.

At the suggestion of the Lynn Township Planning Commission, the land will now be divided into two parcels, each maintaining its original zoning designation.

The agricultural parcel is approximately 87 acres while the commercial parcel is approximately 25 acres and located near Route 309.

According to Najarian, board of supervisor vice chairman and member of the planning commission, there are currently no formal applications to build homes or any development on this parcel.

According to Peter Knight of View of the Blue, “The newly formed 87 acre parcel was recently accepted to the state’s Farmland Preservation program. This will prevent any future development on the land which could hold up to twelve homes.”

He goes on to say. “This farm was ranked number eight for 2026 in Lehigh County for preservation. I believe only ten were chosen. Preservation will be finalized in 2027.”